lúda-
verb. to pass (of time); to come to pass, occur
tunc
noun. chance, occurrence; arrival; hit at shooting; luck
marta-
to chance
marta- (1) vb. "to chance" or *"happen" (QL:63), cf. mart- "it happens" (impersonal) (LT2:348 read marta-?). Another version assigns transitive meanings to the same verb: "to define, decree, destine" (with the last sense = martya-, q.v.), with a variant umbarta- "in more lofty senses" (PE17:104)
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tug-
verb. to hit, reach mark; to light on, chance on, find; to arrive; to chance, occur; to suit, fit, be convenient, ‘do’
lûtha-
verb. to pass (of time); to come to pass, occur
tunc
noun. chance; occurrence; arrival; hit at shooting; luck
m(b)ṛtṛ
root. chance
@@@ perhaps originally with the sense “thing brought (unexpectedly)”